# Employee Joining

What is the difference between the joining date and confirmation date?

The joining date is the date when an employee is hired and the effective that on which an employee gets confirmed in an organization is considered a confirmation date. The time between the joining date and confirmation date is called as probation period.

To view and download the joining date report go to the Reports > Employee Reports >Employee Joining Report

<figure><img src="https://wpdocs.runtime.one/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Employee-joining-report.png" alt="Employee joining date report"><figcaption><p>Employee joining report</p></figcaption></figure>

### Generating the Employee Joining report

Select a specific time period in ‘Date Range’ and click on the view button to view the Employee Joining report. The report will appear with employee’s name, joining date, confirmation date, location, etc. To filter the report, select the respective location, cost center, and department. You can download this report in excel format as well as pdf format as shown below.

<figure><img src="https://wpdocs.runtime.one/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/To-View-and-dowload-the-report.png" alt="Applying filters to generate employee joining report"><figcaption><p>Generating the employee joining report</p></figcaption></figure>

#### Related Topics

* [Employee Exits](https://runtime.one/docs/employee-reports/employee-exits)
* [Employee Event Report](https://runtime.one/docs/employee-reports/employee-event-report)

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* [download reports](https://runtimehrms.com/docs/tag/download-reports/)
* [employee management](https://runtimehrms.com/docs/tag/employee-management/)
* [employee records](https://runtimehrms.com/docs/tag/employee-records/)
* [reports](https://runtimehrms.com/docs/tag/reports/)
* [view reports](https://runtimehrms.com/docs/tag/view-reports/)


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